ReadHowYouWant August Newsletter

August 2011 Inside this Issue 1. Visit RHYW at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2. 50 Free Books for Librarians 3. Large Print Books Reviewed 4. Product Spotlight—Braille iPad Case Follow Us FaceBook Twitter

RHYW Attending Frankfurt Book Fair Alex Mitchell will be attending the Frankfurt Book Fair this year, and isavailable for meetings at the American Collective Stand, booth 8.0 S961. If you are interested in meeting with Alex, please emailAlex.Mitchell@readhowyouwant.com. Back to top 50 Free Books for Librarians RHYW is giving away a free book to each librarian that participates in our library purchasing survey. Email Bradi Grebien-Samkow for a copy of the survey, and details on how to collect your free book. Back to top Reviews from LargePrintReviews.com Large Print Reviews has reviewed a number of books from ReadHowYouWant. To read the reviews, click on each of the following titles:The Children's House of Belsen by Hetty E. Verolme (Fremantle Press); Bone Rattler: A Mystery of Colonial America by Eliot Pattison (Counterpoint); Diary of Bergen-Belsen 1944-1945 by Hanna Levy-Hass (Haymarket Books); and When I Grow Up, I Want to be a Writer by Cynthia MacGregor (Lobster Press). Back to top New iPad Case Adds Braille Keyboard Yanko Designs has created an iPad case that converts an image of braille text into physical braille. Read more about The Omnifer here. If you happen to try one of these, please let us know what you think about it! Or, if you are interested in writing a newsletter or blog piece on new technology specially designed for readers with a visual or print disability, email Bradi. Back to top

ReadHowYouWant July 2011 Newsletter

July 2011 Inside this Issue 1. Update from the U.K. 2. Australia's Miles Franklin Award 3. New Releases in Large Print Follow Us FaceBook Twitter

U.K. Titles Set to Launch RHYW is delighted to report the start of U.K. operations with a contract signed with Lightning Source this week, and the first U.K. publishers coming on board. Andre Deutsch, Watkins Publishing, and Connections are the first publishers to have signed up to RHYW's large print program, and titles will be available online shortly. We have many ongoing discussions and expect the list to expand rapidly over the next months. If you have any questions about becoming a RHYW publisher partner in the U.K., please emailAlex.Mitchell@readhowyouwant.com. Back to top Congrats to That Deadman Dance! The Miles Franklin Literary Award was established in 1954, and celebrates Australian character and creativity. It is awarded for the novel of the year.The 2011 award winner is That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott (Pan Macmillan Australia). That Deadman Dance also won the East Asia and Pacific region's best book category of this year's Commonwealth Writers' Prize. RHYW is pleased to offer That Deadman Dance in large print and braille to Australian and New Zealand readers here. Back to top New Releases Seventeen titles by Bryce Courtenay, including The Power of One (Penguin Australia) are now available in large print and braille. Publishers Weekly praisedThe Power of One as "episodic and bursting with incident..." Di Morrissey, the author of The Silent Country (Pan Macmillan Australia), is one of Australia's most popular female authors. Eighteen of her titles have been made available in large print, braille, and DAISY. Click here to view the complete list of Morrissey's titles. Back to top

June 2011 Large Print Books at ALA American Library Association's Annual Conference will be held in New Orleans June 23-28. ReadHowYouWant's Publisher Representative, Bradi Grebien-Samkow, will be available for meetings at booth #2424 on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Email bradi@readhowyouwant.com to schedule a meeting, or stop by the booth to check out samples of our large print books, and to learn more about RHYW. This year's ALA Annual Conference Guide will be available for download in large print, braille, and DAISY athttp://www.alaannual.org/content/bookshelf prior to the show. RHYW's large print books are available for purchase from Ingram, Coutts, and Brodart. Please visit Bradi to discuss the variety of titles that are available in nonfiction and fiction from these library distributors. Email bradi@readhowyouwant.com to sign up for RHYW's monthly library focused newsletter, the Accessible Librarian.

May 2011 Newsletter to Readers

May 2011 Inside this Issue 1. RHYW at Book Expo America 2. New Releases in Large Print 3. Things We Love Follow Us FaceBook Twitter

Visit RHYW at BEA RHYW will be attending Book Expo America May 24-26 in New York. General Manager Jon Attenborough and Publisher Representative BradiGrebien-Samkow will be available for meetings at booth #4229. Please emailbradi@readhowyouwant.com to schedule a meeting. Back to top New Releases As the co-host of MSNBC's popular morning show, Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski has established herself as a leading political news journalist and beloved personality. Her book All Things at Once is the motivational story of Mika's personal and professional triumphs and failures. To learn more about this title in large print and accessible formats, click here .All Things at Oncewas originally published by Weinstein Books. A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh (Vanguard Press) is an intoxicating tale rife with dark secrets, deception, and the trials of love—a story in which very little is as it seems. This historic romance novel was praised by both Publishers Weekly and Booklist. Click here to learn more about this title in large print and accessible formats. Back to top Things We Love Large Print Reviews has reviewed a number of books from ReadHowYouWant. To read the reviews, click on each of the following titles: Torn Apart by Peter Corris (Allen &Unwin), Batavia by Peter Fitzsimons (Random House Australia), An A-Z Guide to Food Additives: Never Eat What You Can't Pronounce by Deanna M. Minich (Red Wheel/Weiser), and The Inspector Barlach Mysteries by Friedrich Durrenmatt, translated by Joel Agee (University of Chicago Press). Back to top

ReadHowYouWant April 2011 Newsletter

April 2011 Inside this Issue 1. Congrats to The Happiest Refugee! 2. New Publisher Partners 3. Publishers Weekly's "Large As Life" 4. An Update from The London Book Fair 5. RHYW at BEA Follow Us FaceBook Twitter

The Happiest Refugee Wins 2011 Indie Award Australian comedian Anh Do's The Happiest Refugee (Allen & Unwin) is theOverall Winner of the Indie Book of the Year Award 2011! The book also won in the Nonfiction category, and is the first nonfiction title to take the Overall Award. The awards were presented at the Leading Edge Books Conference in front of a large group of Australian Independent booksellers. Back to top New Publisher Partners More Australian publishers have joined the list of RHYW publisher partners! Welcome to Whittaker Macnaught the publisher of Noel Whittaker's books, including Making Money Made Simple and Golden Rules of Wealth.Woodslane began trading in 1989, growing from humble beginnings to emerge as a leader in technology, business, and lifestyle publishing and distribution in Australasia. Penguin Books New Zealand has also joined the growing list of New Zealand publishers with award-winning authors such as Lloyd Jones (Mister Pip) and Maurice Gee (Access Road)! Back to top Publishers Weekly Features Large Print Books, and RHYW! "Large as Life: Large Print Publishing in 2011," appeared in the April 4 issue of Publishers Weekly. Numerous large print publishers and librarians are interviewed, and the article examines the effect of ebooks on large print sales, as well as the use of large print in libraries. New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center Librarian Elizabeth Burns states, "Large print is very popular with children and teens who have low vision or dyslexia...It can be harder to find at local public libraries than adult large print, because many people think large print is for older folks...not realizing that children and teens need it, also." To learn more about the large print market, and specifically how RHYW fits into it, click here . Back to top Notes from the London Book Fair RHYW had a great LBF establishing agreements and plans with U.K. publisher partners, and U.K. library distributors and online retailers. The response has been universally positive and we look forward to announcing more news as details are finalized. If you'd like to contact our Publisher Representative for the U.K. and Europe, please email Alex.Mitchell@readhowyouwant.com. Back to top Visit RHYW at BEA RHYW will be attending Book Expo America May 24-26 in New York. General Manager Jon Attenborough and Publisher Representative Bradi Grebien-Samkow will be available for meetings at booth #4229. Please emailbradi@readhowyouwant.com to schedule a meeting. Back to top

The Accessible Librarian for March 2011

March 2011 Inside this Issue 1. Visit RHYW at The London Book Fair 2. New U.K. Sales and Marketing Manager 3. 20% Off Titles from RHYW's Newest Publisher Partner 4. RHYW Suggests

Visit RHYW at The London Book Fair General Manager Jon Attenborough and U.K. Sales and Marketing Manager Alex Mitchell will be attending The London Book Fair on April 11-13. ReadHowYouWant will be part of the Combined Books Exhibit display at booth F430. To schedule a meeting with Jon at The London Book Fair, email jon@readhowyouwant.com. Learn more about Alex below. Back to top Welcome to Alex Mitchell, RHYW's New Sales and Marketing Manager for the U.K. and Europe! Alex Mitchell comes to RHYW with 20 years of experience in publishing. Most recently he started the publishing consultancy firm known as Emex Limited in Winchester. RHYW is very pleased to be adding Alex to the RHYW team! Alex can be reached atAlex.Mitchell@readhowyouwant.com. Back to top New Publisher Partner—20% Off Galaxy Press Titles Welcome to Galaxy Press! Galaxy is the publisher of L. Ron Hubbard's science fiction titles, including 15 New York Times bestsellers. RHYW is pleased to be releasing the works of L. Ron Hubbard in large print, braille, and DAISY. Librarians interested in pre-ordering L. Ron Hubbard titles should email bradi@readhowyouwant.com for a list of available titles, and for a 20% discount. Back to top RHYW Suggests To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, RHYW is recommending A Journey into Ireland's Literary Revival by R. Todd Felton (Roaring Forties Press). A tide of literary invention swept through Ireland between the 1890s and the 1920s. This illuminating guidebook explores the personal and professional histories of writers such as W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and more.Irish Fireside praised it as "A must-have for anyone with an appreciation for Ireland's literary tradition." Back to top

ReadHowYouWant Newsletter for March 2011

March 2011 Inside this Issue 1. Visit RHYW at The London Book Fair 2. New U.K. Sales and Marketing Manager 3. New Publisher Partner 4. RHYW Suggests 5. Book Reviews Follow Us FaceBook Twitter

Visit RHYW at The London Book Fair General Manager Jon Attenborough and U.K. Sales and Marketing Manager Alex Mitchell will be attending The London Book Fair on April 11-13. ReadHowYouWant will be part of the Combined Books Exhibit display at booth F430. To schedule a meeting with Jon at The London Book Fair, emailjon@readhowyouwant.com. Learn more about Alex below. Back to top Welcome to Alex Mitchell, RHYW's New Sales and Marketing Manager for the U.K. and Europe! Alex Mitchell comes to RHYW with 20 years of experience in publishing. Most recently he started the publishing consultancy firm known as Emex Limited in Winchester. RHYW is very pleased to be adding Alex to the RHYW team! Alex can be reached at Alex.Mitchell@readhowyouwant.com. Back to top New Publisher Partner Welcome to Galaxy Press! Galaxy is the publisher of L. Ron Hubbard's science fiction titles, including 15 New York Times bestsellers. They also publish the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future anthology series. New authors selected for this series have included Anne McCaffrey, Algis Budrys, and Orson Scott Card. RHYW is pleased to be releasing the works of L. Ron Hubbard in large print, braille, and DAISY. Back to top RHYW Suggests To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, RHYW is recommending A Journey into Ireland's Literary Revival by R. Todd Felton (Roaring Forties Press). A tide of literary invention swept through Ireland between the 1890s and the 1920s. This illuminating guidebook explores the personal and professional histories of writers such as W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and more. Irish Fireside praised it as "A must-have for anyone with an appreciation for Ireland's literary tradition." Back to top More Book Reviews from Large Print Reviews Reviews of the following books appear at www.LargePrintReviews.com:Black Death: A Personal History by John Hatcher (DaCapo Press), Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu by Philip Alcabes (Public Affairs),Mesozoic Murder by Christine Gentry (Poisoned Pen Press), and Roux Morgue by Claire M. Johnson (Poisoned Pen Press). Back to top

Happy Belated Valentine's Day from ReadHowYouWant

February 2011 Inside this Issue 1. Books To Love 2. New Publisher Partners 3. Reading Calendar 4. Things We Love Follow Us FaceBook Twitter

Happy Valentine's Day! Share some fun reading with the one you love! Grab a mystery from Poisoned Pen Press and curl up on the couch together. Justice for the Damned by Priscilla Royal was praised as "An age-old story of lust, passion, greed and murder" by Kirkus Reviews. Or one of Violet Blue's erotica anthologies such as Lips Like Sugar (Cleis Press). Still owe your Valentine a home cooked meal? Turn to Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Twoby Beth Hensperger (Harvard Common Press). Browse RHYW's catalog of over 8,000 titles in large print at www.readhowyouwant.com. Back to top New Publisher Partners A number of publishers from Perseus Books Group and Constellation have joined RHYW's growing list of publisher partners. The following titles will soon be available from RHYW: Seven Publishing's Saltwater Taffy by Eric Delabarre; How They Were Found by Matt Bell from Keyhole Press; andProspecta Press's It's Ok to Tell by Lauren Book. To learn more about these titles, or any of our publisher partners, please emailbradi@readhowyouwant.com. Back to top Calendar Do you like to plan out your reading list to cover important dates throughout the year? Or buy literary related gifts? Need to choose a timely book for your reading group? Here are a few suggested titles based on some important upcoming dates: February: Black History Month—An African Republic by Marie Tyler-McGraw (University of North Carolina Press) March: Women's History Month—Witches, Midwives, and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English (The Feminist Press) April: National Poetry Month—The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry (Counterpoint Press) Mother's Day—Buddhism for Mothers by Sarah Napthali (Allen & Unwin) Back to top Things We Love Congrats to Fremantle Press whose book The Paperbark Shoe by Goldie Goldbloom won the 2011 GLCA New Writers Award for Fiction! InterVarsity Press has won three awards in Christianity Today's Book Awards: top honor for Apologetics and Evangelism, winner in the category of Biblical Studies, and Award of Merit for Christian Living. To learn more about these awards, click here. Reviews of the following books appear at www.LargePrintReviews.com:Science is Simple: Over 250 Activities for Preschoolers by Peggy Ashbrook (Gryphon House), Speak Now by Margaret Dumas (Poisoned Pen Press), andThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie. Back to top

The January 2011 issue of the DAISY Planet is published on the DAISY website

Dear Members, Friends and Supporters of DAISY,

The January 2011 issue of the DAISY Planet is published on the DAISY website
at: http://www.daisy.org/planet-2011-01.

This is the first issue of the year, the 15th anniversary of the DAISY
Consortium. We will be publishing an ongoing special series about our Full
Member organizations in celebration of the anniversary. There are of course
several additional articles which I hope will be of interest to all of you.

Many thanks to everyone who has contacted me with ideas and news for this
issue. I look forward to receiving emails from even more of you in 2011.

The "Story" this month is from Bernhard Heinser. Many of you will know
Bernhard as he has been involved with the work of the DAISY Consortium since
its inception. Thank you Bernhard for sharing your story with us.

Please forward this email to everyone you know who may be interested in
reading about DAISY, the DAISY Consortium and other topics of interest to
the DAISY community.

All members of our mailing lists receive "The DAISY Planet".

Kind regards to all,
Lynn
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the DAISY Consortium Newsletter,
lynn.leith@gmail.com,
+1,905,304-9398,
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